Title by cataloger. Photograph of farm equipment on an experimental farm in Rampart, Alaska. Narrative in photo album reads: "All scenes on the U. S. Experimental Station. Main objective was to develop a wheat which would ripen hard enough to...
Title from caption. Photograph of a Wyoming desert. Narrative in photo album reads: "This is not a cultivated field, but a barren, sandy desert in Wyoming. The small mounds were too hard to be eroded by the wind blown sand."
Title from caption in album: "Aug 1 - Ground squirrel at camp". Photograph shows what appear to be a ground squirrel on the ground, although it is hard to see the animal.
Title from caption in album: "Aug 1 - Ground squirrel". Photograph shows what appear to be a ground squirrel on the ground, although it is hard to see the animal.
Title from caption in album: "Aug 10 - Same band of ewe sheep". Photograph shows a branch of a river in a rocky valley. There are mountain sheep on the hillsides but it is very hard to see them.
Title from previous photograph UAF-2009-123-399 current caption in album: "Aug 10 - Same". Photograph shows a branch of a river in a rocky valley. There are mountain sheep on the hillsides but it is very hard to see them.
Title from caption in album, caption reads: "Sept 1 - S. E. from camp". Photograph shows a brushy hillside and mountains in the distance, but everything is hard to see as the photograph is extremely dark.
Title from caption in album, caption reads: "Sept 1 - Camp - Haydon at left, self in front of tent-". Photograph shows two men standing in a camp. The photograph is a little over-exposed and hard to see.
Title from verso. Photograph of military supplies with a signpost reading "hard work will win the war" and "2640 miles to tokio" Verso reads: "A signpost shows what's on the mind of these fighting men. From this base Americans can keep...
Title from verso. Photograph of an airman carrying gear suspended from a pole across his shoulders. Verso reads: "The tasks of provisioning themselves and caring for their equipment sometimes proves as hard as smacking the Japs in fog...
Title from verso. Photograph of salmon drying on a rack. Several dogs can be seen on the other side of the fish rack. Verso reads: "This is a rack of salmon drying. It will be winter's supply for food for man and dog. Each family have a...
Postcard is postmarked from Gulkana, Alaska on May 30, 1910 and addressed to Mr L.J. Clemons, Devine, Texas, Medina Co. [County]. Written on verso, "Rapids Road house on the trail. Valdez 207 miles Fairbanks 139. May...
Color photo shows three islands, captioned left from right, "Castle Rock 1779", "Perry Isl. [Island] 1906," "Fire Isl. [Island] 1883," with a volcanic eruption occurring on Perry Island. Postcard is addressed to Miss...
Title from caption. Photograph of the wharves of Skagway during an extreme high tide. A lumber mill is in the foreground. Caption reads: "Shewing our sawmill at left, & railroad track in 1901 during an extraordinary high tide - our wharf in...
Title from indexer. Additional narrative in donor notes reads: "Our sled dog Iolanthe, bred by Milton Swan in Kivalina, lost much of her left hind leg when, with her stake-out chain accidentally wrapped around it during one winter night, her...
(3:30 min) (15 of 19) New hire Hired George Butrovich, the brother of Johnny Butrovich. He was easy to teach, understood quickly. Worked hard. In 1927, George left him for the Road Commission and one year later he was the shop foreman at...
(3:41 min.) (01 of 24) 01 Early life & family history Raised in Baltimore, MD. Life was tough so he went to sea. Traveled the world. Went to West coast because heard might make more money. In 1934, started with Alaska Steamship Co. ...
The John W. Chapman Family Papers consist of material relating to John Wight Chapman and May Seely Chapman and their work as Episcopal missionaries at Anvik, Alaska (1887-1930), as well as family correspondence, genealogical information,...
02 Next step (3:39 min.) (02 of 09) During 1940, the U.S. Government was getting ready for war -- the Civilian Pilot Training program was started. They allowed one woman in each class of ten. While at Marshall College she learned how to do...
42 second film clip, black & white/silent. The clip shows miners preparing and drilling hard rock. The clip was taken from the movie "The Story of Copper."